All of the following differs antemortum thrombus from a postmortem intravascular costs except_____________?

Correct answer: B. Chicken fat appearance

  • A. Lines of zahn
  • B. Chicken fat appearance
  • C. Dry and friable
  • D. Firm adherence to endothelium where as absent in postmorten clots

Explanation

A chicken-fat appearance is typical of a postmortem clot formed from separated red cells and plasma, not an antemortem thrombus. Antemortem thrombi are attached to the vessel wall, firm, friable, and may show lines of Zahn.

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